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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Thomas Gainsborough letter to William Jackson, 1773 January 29

1773 January 29

Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Thomas Gainsborough letter to Elizabeth Rasse

[1753]

Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

The anatomy of the horse

1853

Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

Proposals for publishing, a comparative anatomical exposition of the structure of the human body, with that of a tyger and a common fowl : in thirty tables, two copper-plates to each table, 20 inches by 15 : forming six numbers, ten plates to each number

[1802]

Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

The anatomy of the horse

1766

Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

Hogarth moralized

1831

Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Views in Rome and its environs

1841

Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Alphabet

1857

Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

Picturesque views in England and Wales

MDCCCXXXVIII [1838]

Bowles & Carver

Bowles & Carver's new and enlarged catalogue, of accurate and useful maps, plans, and prints,

1795]

Félibien, André, sieur des Avaux et de Javercy, 1619–1695

Des principes de l'architecture, de la sculpture, de la peinture, et des autres arts qui en dependent

MDCLXXVI [1676]

Fréart, Roland, sieur de Chambray, 1606–1676

A parallel of the antient architecture with the modern

MDCLXIV [1664]

[Birthday card with floral illustration]

[approximately 1874]

Davis, Joseph, active 1818–1857

Medal commemorating the abolition of the apprenticeship system in the British West Indies

1838

White Hill Kiln (Luton, England)

Receipts by John Williams, of White Hill Kiln, for chimney tunnel tiles purchased by Breandveath, of Houghton, 1848

1848

Bijlaer, Gerard van, active 1540?-1617

The destruction of the Spanish Armada

1588

Corporal Violette!!

[1815?]

Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

Cyclamen (cf. Cyclamen L.) and (Lepidoptera Nymphalidae Pyrrhogyra sp.), with Northern dune tiger beetle (Cicindela ?hybrida), Leaf beetle (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae), Flesh fly (Diptera Sarcophagidae), Wasp beetle (Clytus arietis), Red-breasted carrion beetle (Oiceoptoma throracica) and, Sexton or Burying beetle (Nicrophorus humator), with shell (Mauritia arabica) from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne

circa 1768

Ackermann's drawing book for 1824

1824

Wyatt, M. Digby (Matthew Digby), Sir, 1820–1877

Views of the Crystal Palace and Park, Sydenham

1854

Glasgow looking glass

[1825]

Stevens, Thomas, 1828–1888

For life or death

[1880]

Map of North America

not before 1634

Clarke, J., active 1820

J. Clarke

[approximately 1820?]

Jones, Inigo, 1573–1652

Some designs of Mr. Inigo Jones and Mr. Wm. Kent

1744

Loggan, David, 1635–1700?

Oxonia illustrata, sive, Omnium celeberrimae istius universitatis collegiorum, aularum, Bibliothecae Bodleianae, scholarum publicarum, Theatri Sheldoniani

ano. Dni. MDCLXXV [1675]

Martyn, Thomas, fl. 1760–1816

The English entomologist

MDCCXCII [1792, i.e. 1793]

Guest, T. R. (Thomas Robert)

A new pocket sketch book

1807

Atkinson, John Augustus, 1775–approximately 1833

Sixteen scenes taken from The miseries of human life

March 1st 1807

The Illustrated London news Colosseum view of London

[1843]

A letter on the nature and state of curiosity as at present with us ..

1736

Vues de la ville de Londres

1758

Antiquities of Great Britain, illustrated in views

Gardiner, William, 1809?-1852

Twenty lessons on British mosses, or, First steps to a knowledge of that beautiful tribe of plants

1846

Barber, J. T

A tour throughout South Wales and Monmouthshire

1803

Sowerby, James, 1757–1822

A botanical drawing-book, or, An easy introduction to drawing flowers according to nature

[1807?]

Shoubridge, James

Billhead recording clothing purchased by Mrs. Clough from James Shoubridge, hatter, London

1807

Barker, Henry Aston, 1774–1856

Explanation of the view of the splendid victory gained by the Marquis of Wellington over the French army, consisting of 65,000 men, commanded by Joseph Bonaparte, on the plains of Vittoria

1814

Dean's steam-boat alphabet

[1855?]

Map of China and the adjacent countries

1842

Philips, F. C. (Francis Charles), 1849–1921

As in a looking glass

1889

Masters, W. G. R. (William Godfrey Rays)

The Chinese expedition, 1859-1860

[1861]

Leighton, George Cargill, 1826–1895

Grand architectural panorama of London

1849

Howle, J. (Tailor)

[Gentlemen's fitting measurements diagram for use by tailors]

[approximately 1820-1830]

Bowers, George Frederick

Crimean War

1856?

In affectionate remembrance of Elizabeth Heap, of Bent Clough Farm, Colne

1914

Driver & Shaw

Catalogue of improved superfine colours, and drawing materials

1824

Blanchet, Etienne

Blanchet, artistes capillaires

not before 1866?

St. John Ambulance Association

Triangular bandage, printed with illustrations of bandage use

approximately 1920

Ireland, Samuel, -1800

Picturesque views on the River Wye

1797

Egan, Pierce, 1772–1849

Key to the picture of the fancy going to a fight at Moulsey-Hurst

1819

Tregear's Black jokes

1834

Hibberd, Shirley, 1825–1890

The seaweed collector

[1872]

Cox, David, 1783–1859

The young artist's companion, or, Drawing-book of studies and landscape embellishments

1825

Ruskin, John, 1819–1900

Notes on some of the principal pictures exhibited in the rooms of the Royal Academy : 1855

1855

Taunt, Henry

A new map of the river Thames from Oxford to London

[1873]

Abbott, George, 1803–1838

Views of the forts of Bhurtpoore & Weire

[1827]

Halfpenny, William, d. 1755

Chinese and Gothic architecture properly ornamented

1752

Our Boys Clothing Company

"Our Boys" Clothing Company's universal progressive drawing book

[ca. 1885?]

The majestic game of the Asiatic ostrich

[approximately 1825]

The cottage of content; or, Right roads and wrong ways

1848

Medhurst, Walter Henry, 1796–1857

China : its state and prospects

1838

To all who are possessed of a laudable curiosity

[1773]

Moore, Joseph

Rangoon views and combined operations in the Birnam Empire

1825-1826

Pain, William, 1730?-1790?

The builder's companion, and workman's general assistant

MDCCLVIII [1758]

Payne, John, 1710–1771

Twelve designs of country-houses

1757

Rodler, Hieronymus

Perspectiua

1546

Rickman, Thomas, 1776–1841

An attempt to discriminate the styles of English architecture, from the conquest to the reformation

[1817]

Saxton, Christopher, 1542?-

[Atlas of the counties of England and Wales]

[1590?]

Rocque, John, -1762

A map of London and the adjacent country 10 miles round

1748

Stuart, James, 1713–1788

Critical observations on the buildings and improvements of London

MDCCLXXI [1771]

Pope, Alexander, 1688–1744

An epistle to the Right Honourable Richard Earl of Burlington

1731

The royal and entertaining Game of the goose

[between 1761 and 1794]

Paine, James, 1717?-1789

Plans, elevations, and sections, of noblemen and gentlemen's houses,

1783

Sandford, Francis, 1630–1694

A genealogical history of the kings of England and monarchs of Great Britain, &C

1683

Wright, Edward, 1558?-1615

Thou hast here, gentle reader, a true hydrographical description of so much of the world as hath beene hetherto discouered and is comne to our knowledge ..

[1599?]

The temple of taste

[1796]

Whittock, N. (Nathaniel), 1791–1860

The decorative painters' and glaziers' guide

1827

Stowe, a description of the house and gardens of the most noble and puissant prince, George Grenville Nugent Temple

1788

Waring, J. B. (John Burley), 1823–1875

Masterpieces of industrial art & sculpture at the International Exhibition, 1862

1863

Gibbon, Edward, 1737–1794

Miscellaneous works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire

MDCCXCVI [1796]

John Bartholomew and Son

Bartholomew's one inch to the mile environs of London

[not before 1921]

Perkins, John (Gardener)

Floral designs for the table

1877

Decalcomania sample book

circa 1870

Jones and Co. (London, England)

Now publishing in numbers, price 1s. and in monthly parts, at 2s. each, Commemoration of Hogarth by an edition of his works, commenced exactly a century after their first appearance

[1833?]

The forty thieves

[between 1837-1840]

Rigaud, Jacques, 1681–1754

Stowe Gardens in Buckinghamshire, belonging to the right honourable the Lord Viscount Cobham : laid out by Mr. Bridgman, principal gardener to their majesties King George I and II / delineated in a large plan and fifteen perspective views : drawn on the spot by Mons. Rigaud, and engraved by him and Mons. Bernard Baron =

MDCCXLVI [1746]